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barbarity

noun bar·bar·i·ty \bär-ˈber-ə-tē, -ˈba-rə-\

: extreme cruelty : a very cruel and violent quality

: a cruel act

plural bar·bar·i·ties

Full Definition of BARBARITY

a : barbarous cruelty : inhumanity

b : an act or instance of such cruelty

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circa 1570

Synonyms: atrociousness, atrocity, cruelty, barbarousness, brutality, cruelness, fiendishness, heartlessness, inhumanity, inhumanness, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, viciousness, wantonness

Antonyms: benignity, compassion, good-heartedness, humaneness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy, tenderheartedness

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